Peggy Mason, who helped define the rodent prosocial behavior field with the trapped rat paradigm in 2011, is now changing course and pursuing other scientific interests. By @sydneywyatt.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/empathy/up-a...

This one was super interesting to learn about and discuss. The findings of this new study date back to the early 1990s—replicating and expanding upon Catherine Woolley’s series of cross-sectional studies in the rat hippocampus. I love a study with historical context! #neuroskyence

Diego Bohórquez’s theories around the neuropod have challenged the boundaries of classic ideas regarding gut-brain communication. By @sydneywyatt.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/gut-brain/th...

For over six months now I have been reporting out and writing (and then reporting some more) this profile of Duke University gut-brain neuroscientist, Diego Bohórquez. This was my first long-form profile, and I couldn't be more excited to share it with you. #neuroskyence

If you haven't checked out The Satire Fire podcast, you're missing out! And if this is the first episode you listen to & you're wondering why I sound utterly exasperated... it's because, well, I was. Cheers to another week of hating on such a popular satirical novel 🥂 #booksky #podcast

In a recent study, @antoinemadar.bsky.social & Mark Sheffield looked at place cells of the mouse hippocampus in vivo to understand what plasticity rules support learning—spoiler alert, it wasn’t Hebbian plasticity! Go check out my story for @thetransmitter.bsky.social #neuroskyence 🧪

Later that day, the NINDS layoffs were revoked, @sydneywyatt.bsky.social and I reported this week for @thetransmitter.bsky.social: www.thetransmitter.org/science-and-... #neuroskyence 🧪

After more than a month of uncertainty, 30 previously purged employees at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke received an email yesterday stating they no longer face termination. By @sydneywyatt.bsky.social, @avaskham.bsky.social #neuroskyence bit.ly/4dwfrdG

Sen. Durbin brought up these specific NINDS cuts at today's HHS budget hearing and Sec. RFK jr said once again that he didn't know anything about them: #neuroskyence 🧪 www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...

This one was fun to report out because I got to learn a lot of new things—especially about the complex evolutionary history of the mammalian brainstem. Thanks to @ndosenbach.bsky.social and @samkrimmelneuro.bsky.social for talking with me about your new work! #neuroskyence 🧪

Happy to read @sydneywyatt.bsky.social’s piece on the recent study by @samkrimmelneuro.bsky.social @ndosenbach.bsky.social @gordonneuro.bsky.social re: the human red nucleus I was glad to discuss this great work with Sydney @thetransmitter.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/brain-imagin...

"We know a lot about autism today. To characterize it as a condition about which we’ve learned almost nothing is just completely false." - @htagerf.bsky.social Q&A with @sydneywyatt.bsky.social for @thetransmitter.bsky.social: www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/the...

I had what I found to be an insightful conversation with @htagerf.bsky.social about the newly formed Coalition of Autism Scientists, including why she started the coalition, the work they plan to do, and the strength of the autism research community. Read more below!

Catch me yapping about journalism ethics every chance I get. Some of the best advice I received in grad school @comatbu.bsky.social was to become an expert at being an outsider. You can’t be an insider in a community you’re not a part of!

Steven Prescott and Stéphanie Ratté talked with me about the discordance between basic pain neuroscience & clinical trials. It seems there’s a lot to think about & varying perspectives on what the pain field could be doing differently. This Q&A highlights some of what we discussed. #neuroskyence 🧪

The first Kurt Vonnegut I ever read & I was hooked 💙📚

If you were wondering… where are those podcast and book recommendations Sydney promised when she started this account, your wait is over! This Sunday I am recommending (shameless plug) my own podcast! My friend Samuel and I recently launched a podcast all about satirical novels. Give it a listen!

Yesterday @avaskham.bsky.social and I reported on the layoffs of lab heads & other staff at NINDS. Last night, an email was sent to top administration at the institute listing 30 employees to be reinstated. Most of the 30 had received RIF notices less than two days prior. #neuroskyence 🧪

10 lab heads and many other employees at NINDS, one of the largest public funders of neuroscience, were laid off yesterday… but leadership at the institute thinks these terminations might have been a mistake. @avaskham.bsky.social and I reported for @thetransmitter.bsky.social: #neuroskyence 🧪

Announcing…. The Satire Fire, a new podcast!! 🎙️📚 Sydney and Samuel are on a mission to read & discuss every satirical novel ever written, & we want you to come along! Head over to wherever you find your podcasts to listen to our first episode where we discuss A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift.

When the world is burning, will the books burn too? #booksky #readingcommunity #satire #politics #bookban

A new photometry tool tracks fast and slow changes in dopamine levels and offers new insights into how the signals change across the brain. By @sydneywyatt.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/methods/besp...

@michellemonje.bsky.social at @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social and Frank Winkler at Heidelberg University have won the 2025 @brainprize.bsky.social from the Lundbeck Foundation for their work in cancer neuroscience. By @sydneywyatt.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/community/20...

I’ve worked for weeks on this one, having conversations with 15+ people about changes to U.S. science funding, what actions they’re taking, if protesting is effective, & more. I’m thankful to those individuals & the eight neuroscientists who are featured for sharing their stories. #neuroskyence 🧪

A large portion of grants awarded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health cannot be funded for the foreseeable future because of an indefinite hold on submissions to the Federal Register, according to an email reviewed by The Transmitter. By @avaskham.bsky.social bit.ly/3X8ngz8

My colleagues worked incredibly hard this week to write this story. They did a beautiful job of humanizing and putting into perspective the impacts of the ongoing confusion and turmoil related to diversity-based funding.

"It’s hard to know what’s real,” says neuroscientist @joshdubnau.bsky.social, after a dizzying week in which diversity-related grant applications were pulled from study sections only to be reinstated five days later, among other reversals. By @avaskham.bsky.social #neuroskyence bit.ly/4hYt3zv

Such a fantastic piece! Go give it a read.

Experience-dependent plasticity in a part of the subthalamus not previously associated with learning helps mice learn to suppress instinctive fear responses, a new study shows. By @sydneywyatt.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/learning/sub...

After a ban on diversity programs and a communications freeze at the National Institutes of Health, neuroscientists are left worrying about the future of several funding programs. By @avaskham.bsky.social and @claudia-lopez.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/funding/neur...

My first story as a fellow at The Transmitter was in memory of late neuroscientist Floyd Bloom who played a major part in our understanding of neurotransmitters like norepinephrine and endorphins. Thanks to all who helped me with this piece!

Hi everyone 👋 I wanted to intoduce myself! I am a science and health reporter currently covering neuroscience news for @thetransmitter.bsky.social. I’ll be posting my work & engaging with the health/science community. Plus sharing the inevitable book reviews and podcast recommendations. Let’s chat!